Townsend, Michael. Amazing Greek Myths of Wonder and Blunders. Dial Books, 2010. 160 pages. Nonfiction.
Pandora could not resist opening Zeus’s box... Arachne is turned into a spider after offending Athena... Greek mythology is full of infamous and hilarious mistakes!
Get a taste for Townsend’s style through this book trailer:
Athena's Wisdom: In addition to humor, Amazing Greek Myths of Wonder and Blunders offers the following nine famous myths: The Foolish King Midas and the Golden Touch, Pandora and the Box of Mystery, Pygmalion and His Rocky Relationship!!!, The Abduction of Persephone, Arachne Gets a Big Head!!!, Perseus vs. Two Nasty Kings and a Really Ugly Monster, Pyramus and Thisbe: An Icky Love Story, Pyramus and Thisbe: An Icky Love Story, The Short Flight of Icarus!, Hercules and the Ten Labors (Give or Take a Few).
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